Difference between HttpStatus.OK and HttpStatus.ACCEPTED

Question

I am about to implement a REST api. I want to know what's the difference between HttpStatus.OK and HttpStatus.ACCEPTED:

return new ResponseEntity<User>(u, HttpStatus.OK));

And

return new ResponseEntity<User>(u, HttpStatus.ACCEPTED);

Answer 1

As per Spring documentation given on this link

HttpStatus.OK

200 Ok means The request has succeeded. The information returned with the response is dependent on the method used in the request

HttpStatus.ACCEPTED:

202 Accepted. means The request has been accepted for processing, but the processing has not been completed. The request might or might not eventually be acted upon, as it might be disallowed when processing actually takes place.

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